The story
- French · derived fromdérailleur
- English todayderailer
From derail + -er. Sense 2 is an Anglicization of French dérailleur. Doublet of derailleur.
Words from the same roots
Frenchdérailleur all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
derailer
de·rail·erToday it means: One who, or that which, derails. Full definition →
French dérailleur